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AJthulIh , ; hI' cony nut I1I00VIIIIII-\ lie
\\'hll" III l'IUUII 11I011I1'11111 IlIl.u their
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IIt' h",111I1'1I Ihl' RWI'C'I'Illel fl'olll thee Hlty
All freely rig II 1'1'I1t'1I1I11 IIIlght ;
lie I tiny lint hove their \ 1110\1\1 delight \
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W Ito sit 111 11I1101\1I \ thlll IIII' hIgh ,
lint lhmmllt ) iii pains lee his lit 1I11(1It-
2\11'/1 : cull hllll )1001' ) I sunder wily ?
" 'lth tilt lilt 1111'1'111111 / hI' must allly ) )
Ills hllllll11 10 lull dllIll'll the right
' 1'0 lent IIMhl" hiM toile IIl1d \'Il
\ \ 1Ih / thllll whll'il' I'lellI'M lift I1n'lIt qllllo
AIIOVI' the III'Idll awl 1'1111' tail \ blight ;
Bill. ] Hilld III Ih.t' , hI' dOl'/4 not IIIth
i'ot " ' strength 10 uverthtOW 01' Rlllltc-
1\11'/1 cull hllll IIUOI' J wOlllhI' why "l
'J'hl'l'f' IIltl 110 l'I1I'I'1'1I \\'h/I lie goes by ! ;
lit' I 11I11) not whoa the hlllH ! 111\111' ,
no ( lightly fat lug forth tu tty
Ills iii'owt'ss 011 the IInl:4 : , hilt whit
1111111111 stroke hli : blow ; hI' 1C1I1'410 :
suite
\1-:11111111 Ihl' fit ti's 01' jelll ; hits eye
Allfl 1'111'1'1 , with 1I1I11'niliti 1\I'IIlth tire
hl'lgIII-
; \ It'n1111 hllll io 1 If II' , \\011111'1' I shy
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L.iN\'Ol.
Wllh tin it' C'lIlloWl'tI , with Hll'l'lIgth he-
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With Liaise Ill' loves still pore to cry
'OJ' ) ' Joy \\11f'1I he 101111I14 tat tllI'h' sunlit ,
\It'n cull hllll 11001'-1 1111111'1' shay 'f
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"Bagging" nn Army.
"Il IH 110 easy jolt " Halll thin Colonel ,
. "lo hag It tlefenIel 1 \ t l OJ' retinal Ing al'IIlY.
\Vo hal ! lots of l'xllel'lellcn III t the
Maryland and Pcunsylvl11IIa ! cant-
IHlIgnti , hill wo never bn'ge11 an
aruly , Itl the East , until I the AppolUal-
tex eal1ll\lll \ III IS/ifi. / 1'IHI ul that
tlllle ill the 'r\'cnty-I'ollrlh AI'lIIj' 'OI'lls.
From " thc mltlHlo thut'l' got Into 110'
IiILiun 011 the Peterttlnu g front there
hllll teen healltlflll light tug . day and
nlJ.ht.II' ; ' to the capl\tl'o of Fort Gregg.
'After the fritter line of COlll'clprato !
wOl'ls hall been tltheii wo drcw out
and followed Gcn Slwl'lllall' cavalry
Itl t\ night march Itfler thc cnClllj' It
. ehas Itllll re
\\.as an exciting ; ( , wo
cl'l\'oll a lIIessage 1'1'011I Shpl'l.lall . every
three 01' four hours to this effect :
'BI'ItI \III the ! sl'ant''e are dl'l\-
lug ; the Quota ) like hpl\ \ ' 't'here'as II
itnletess In the messages . nut every
one \\'as ! : ! rect3ivctlvIttt cheers , and
after thc reception or c'iteh the'ott1Q !
cut ont after the cavalry wllh a quicker
cr HtcII.
"I 1 I'cmomhm' particularly the mess .
age that came just before Wl got Into
line at Amelit Court IJO\HJO. Sheri
dan was still calling 1'0lIio \ Infantry ,
and when WI put In an ullllearnnco
his men were \ I1Ir.ldll a i'eur i guar (
fight , fulling hack uilder heavy press
1\1'0. lIow\'l'r , liS soon \ as we sW\lng
Into IJOHltlon the cavalry struck 0111
like a lot of wild horse for the road
011 which Lce was 1IIIIrching to Faint
1110. Gen. ( WalLol' C. Nowhm't'Y , hj' ; '
the war , da 11l'11 into the Confederate !
column at Palnc's Cross ponds : , clIl
ht In two , anti captured sIx g\lllS alltl
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other WI\l'
"Al SIIII01'8' creels we struck Gen
Ewoll's corps allll gobbled a goO (
I11IU1Y prlsollol's. We struck the rant
corps at 1"lIr11\\'llh. , and doubled It \lp
hut dill not head Il offlntll WI
reached APP011\hltoX Court louse ant
the valley of the Appomattox rivet
on the slopes beyond ( which wa :
IIt'lwnIll Gen. Lee'a army Ilrellmllll1l' ;
to surl'c11llcl' .
"We had bagged ; ; lhc army at last
hut after the surrender we did not gl
Into Clltllll. ' 1'1al : same afternoon Gel
Grunt put the Army of the PotolUa
In motion for Dall\'l1Ie : , Gl'n. ShI'IIII\ :
101l11ln . Gen. G1'I1nt hall been In th
bugging ; ; business hl'foat Fort 1 Dot '
l'lson Ind'lelsblt \ ' , lord he dldu'
seem to appreciate the feelings of th
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cheers and soldiers of the Army IJ
he Potomac after their long chas
At all events , away wo went as If lh
catching of an army was nothing ; t
brag nbout.-Chlcago litter Ocean.
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x.Presltlcnt Benjamin Harrlso
was as brave n soldier as ever well
w ' into battle , for as n member of hi
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one plltce which put the courage or
I' cn to a HU11\'CIIIC \ test , " mlll di " 11' . . I. J" .
'l'lIalll , Il prominent niitilufitgtarcr
of 1I11111\1I1l1101l , lit he I NeVlllunl ,
" 1\1\ \ ' . Ila1'l'ltHJIrelllly never had the
fJJlPOI'tttnlllcs that fell lo some others ,
hilt I have always IwcII of the belief
that ho hall 111 him the elements or
fI gl'pal mllllal' chlcftaln , its well as
CJf a leader III tunes nf lIe ace.
"It was lit the lIalllc of HelJaca that
I SIIhll11 give nu cxhlbiliou of brit
tJ.al"usllu an InHlllrlllg slecluclo. ) It
v ItS a Iwltutlful SIt\\lay \ ( mOI'ulng , the
15th l or April \ , 1scI. { Our brigade of
five f regiments \\"I\S encamped on II
I'elghl crowned with a grove or flue
l' C.-H. . Thc confederates t wlrp posted )
iii another hili some little 'lIstallco
11aj' , allli lids was covered with about
lit ! dellse II growth of underbrush us 1
C\ or SIIW. Wc knew ] that the guns of
ho PIClll ! ) ' were concealed III litis
tI.lelwl , and : pretty ! ! soon the word went
1110111111 ( 10 'fix bayonets. ] ) \ ' 1'111I1 , of
Olll'se , lIIcalll Ihal we were t\J charge
01' the foe surd take his gllllH If WI'
rOil II ( ! . All order to 'fix hayonets' ir
OliO of lie ( most Hl'I'lollH ' that Jail eOllle
10 a Hollllor'H ears , for il ImlllleH that
desperate lighting Is Imminent and :
that the hours of his life may he fcw.
"lint most of us were young and
' ' ourselves to the
oalolls , and , nerving \ (
hloody wOI'le ahead , wo III'CIHl1'lJlI to
dash 1I0WII our hill , across the intervening -
\"Clllng hollow , antI at the confodel'-
ntes. It was just at his t time that
Hal'rlson , at thc head of his regiment ,
: oiled out In his peculiarhy ringing
tofee ( , 'Come on , 1)055 and shout for
11:111l1na. : ' Ilc was anHwl'j'oli hy a
wild hlllTah and forthwith we charged
Oil thc ( 1'1111. all thollghl of danger for-
he tll'n all'l 1 :1111 mated ( hy the example
cr 0111' cIlollPl , who exposed ! himself
with utter fearlessness On account
rt the dense undergrowth we were
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flnll olll till later that hack of their
cannon the southerners had strong
Cflrlh01'1 ' Ilerl'I\eS At first f they
gave tray thlll they rallied 1. and at
least 150 of our brave boys went down
lu face of their deallly 111'0.
"Atllollg those hurt was my good
Il'lenll l\lajor Dan Hansdcll , now secro
lary of lie ( United . States Senate , who
lost an arm In the chal'go. I dllln't
tcau : : 10 give j'OIl 11 history of Rosen ,
Int 1 will hush ( hy saj'lng that wo walt-
( ' (1 till ttiitt ; and then wo invaded the
thicket and took the gllns that wo
1'11110.1 of capturing that day.-Wash
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The Captured Battle Flags ,
Carefully : lured aay In the silb-
hasement of lute Wal' tlellarttllenl are
the battle ) \ flags that \\01'0 cl\rlroll h3
Northern and Southern troops dlll'lng
the Civil \\'al" 't'hey lure badly torn
and tattered and some of them hear
dark , glootllj'.looldng stain ! ' The
pasing ) \ 'el\1's and long exposure ( have
( lilltmued the letters on some of the eni-
1I10\l1s , so that Il Is 11IJIlcull to identify
tll < 'm.
These are the battle flags which
Congress directed , lit thc recent ses-
Hlon , shell hI ho l''llll'lIcd to the mill-
lal'Y or anlzatlolls lit at orlglnall '
o\\'nol ( Ihl'tII. 'I'hcy have been III the
custody of government / ever sauce
hc l surrender ! : \ ur Ol'u. 1ee. The collection -
lel'liou Includes ( about lOt UnIon nags ,
which the Confederates ealilmed.
i The great hull of them , however , are
Confederate : flags. Gcu. Alnswol'th ,
' H't'\'elar ' has teen
the I mllitu'y see retary ,
char/I'd / with the duty of restoring the
t thugs to tlleh' l former ownOl's. He has
sent out elt'pulur letters to the GO\
ernOl'H of 111. ( ' several states , 11othfy-
t lug item of thc ilags held Iiy the got "
' ernmcnt and asking where they shall
hl' for\\'al'lo(1.
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' Will Return Battle Flags
After forty years Wisconsin Is to
return to Alabama the battle flags cap.
Ired t hy Wisconsin troops from the
Alabama confederate ! soldiers In the
civil war. 'rho senate adopted n joint
esol\1t1on to return the colors : and
H'lIcltating with Alabama 011 the
n united country and the common 111'0S.
prosperity
It J\'lty ) and patriotism of the north and
s the SOI1 the
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Fitting Corn Ground.
I lately saw a request III the Far-
mol's' ' Review for methods used In
fitting com ground for pia n ling. 1
hcrowlth brellj' ( glue my method that
has given 1110 the best or results : 'fo
start with I bought It 1110ce or land
blunt had com the last crop when 1
took possession. As 1 wished to bring
the land 1111 1 tried seeding ; but the
land had been cropped so many years
with hut little fertilizing material reo
lnrnocl , that It was too poor to grow
elo\'cl' I gave this land a good dress
Ing with stable tnanare , then as early
aH the land woulcl work nicely , I took
the dirt culll\'lltol' anti gave It a thorough -
ough digging up. When It came time
lo plow for ( ' 01'this ) ground ! lllowod
up as mellow liS It garden while
ground joining that had not been
dlslcd was about O1S hard 1 as a roat ! .
The IIrst hCllefit of the disk cult !
\'atlon was preventing the ground
drying out and baldng hard. Second ,
Il set all the weed ! seeds lo growing ,
and when the ground was plowed they t
were effeclually disposed or. Third ,
benefit of disking : The ground was
In such fine shape the corn carne up
i so quickly that the wccder kept the
weeds ! down , until the cultivator could
he used advantageously giving me a
very fine crop or ( It'll. ) 't'hree years
of this eutment put that worn-out
land Into shape to raise the biggest
kInd of a crop of clover ntHI II tlmot.hY ,
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As we cannot tell beforehand just
what leltHI of wcather we are going
to get , we have to adopt methods that
will give best results under all con-
dilions ; and I have found by years of
experience that land that Is well tlllod
beth before and after plowing has
always given mo the best results
whether the season be wet or dry.
A good 1 many farmers don't like the
disk cultivator , saying that going
over but once ridges the land and by
lalllng half way Il takes too much
tlmo. Admitted , hut the larger results
more than compensate for lime and ,
one\ \ ' y. I think wo farnHrs expect '
too much of our land 1'01' the time
und energy oxpended. Farming Is no
bargain counter joh. \Vo have to pay
full pl ' ice to om land for all we get
from it.'e should aim to gl'ow the
biggest crops pO:03sllJle : , and ut the
same time leave Out \ ' farms In hotter
condition ' than they were before the
crop was grown. Dane Co. , \Vis. , C .
1. . , Thompson In Fal'lUcl'S' Hevlew.
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Soil Water.
Every plant , of course \ , must have
watcI' , which Is the vehicle hj' which
the food Is carried from the soil to
the roots of the Illan ! The wilting of
plants 011 a hot day Is date to the fact
that the cells In the leaves are not
kept ) filled with ClloUg:1 : WlltOI' to keep I
thcm expanded , which must be the
case II' they are to use plant food
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On luau ) fut nts a permanent
pasture \ will continue lo pay even in
the face of the rise In price of the
said lands. A great many permanent
pastures arc nol producing the grass
they should because they have been
allowed to hear only wild grasses.
Dlslclng the sod and sowing mixed
grasses starts the old pasture Into
new life and Increases Its valuc.
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Keep Good Mares.
'I'he practice all too common \ of
selling off good marcs Is one that
should be discountenanced. Com-
Illalnts from all parts of this country
and Canada show that In the past n1l11.
etudes of mares have been : sent to the
great cities lit time same price as
goldlngs. This Is true of both light
and heavy mures. Were It not for this
mistake we would to-day have many
more good horses to sell than we now
ha ye.
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Planting a I Fruit Tree.
J\ulliludos 0 : : fruit trees are annu-
ally lost hy being Incorrectly lllantetl. ' !
The careless man loses more trees
than any other man simply because ho
tries to save trouble In the worle of I
planting. He saves work in preparing I
the ground for the tl'CO. The worst t
method Is quite commonly followed ,
wl"clt Is to merely dig a big hole In J '
soL that has been for a long time un"y
dist1l1'ber1. The roil In the hole Is loose ,
and soil around the sides and on the
bottom Is hard puclwd. Often this
hKrd 11I\cllng la made worse by the
men getting Into the hole and trampIng -
lug It while shoveling out the dirt. - r . . . . . -
This virtually "puddles" the bottom If
the soil he moist , and this renders It '
almost impervious to water. Stacie I
ponds are 111ado water light In that .
way. I
way.Vhen the tree Is set in the hole and f
the dirt filled In , the conditions are (
ripe for the Idlllnr ; of the tree at the 1
first heavy rnln. Time hole becomes a
sort of sink In which time water re-
mains. Air cannot get lo the roots of
the tree and hence no food can be ta-
lell I into the system of the treo.
Whcn the warm days come , the tree
sends out Its leaves , which are developed .
oped from the latent plant food stored
tip \ In the tree from the previous 'oal' .
But no new food sets In , liS the roots >
arc immersed In watel' After a little
time time leaves on the tree begin \ W
wither , amid the owner wonders what'J
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is ( affecting the tree In another . j .
month ( lie tree Is doatl.
The right way to plant a tree Is to
pI'el > ere all the ground by stirring It . : -
up thoroughly and providing some way .
to let off the waleI' Frequently the
slope of the ground will do this , If the
trees arc not placed In mere holes.
With the ground well stirred up the
water that rails will not collect around
. time tl'1\11lw of the newly set trees , and
the soil ! : ; will nol he for any long time I '
saturated with watol' I l
Trees shollid not he set too eep.
Sonic seem to think that the deeper n.
tree Is set the letter , but most trees
send out their roots near the surface
of the ground. It Is allowable to set . . .
a tree one or two Inches deeper than .
It was In the nursery row , as the
ground Is sure to sellle some around
It. If a tree Is properly set and If It
Is In good condition at time of setting
there Is no reason why It should not
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In all sections where the bud
molh has been prevalent last year the
apple trees shoulll be sprayed with
Paris green 01' arsenate of lead before
the buds open. The caterpillars or .
thIs molh feel ( upon the opening
lea\'es. The spraying should be repeated .
Iwuted a few days luter.
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Spraying the Apple. _
The first spraying of trees sltollltl T
bo as soon as the blossoms fall ,
to prevent the ravages of the cureullo
anti ] codling moth. The spraying
Bhoultl ho with Paris green or arsenate -
senate of loud In Bordeaux mixture , .
keeping the foliage well covered with J J
the mlxluro till the fruit Is nearly
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Borers always burrow In the base ' 'j ' ,
of the tl'11nles of trees. 'fhe only way
to fight them at this time of year Is
to Inspect the trees and dig out the
borers with a stiff wire. It Is well to
scrape all the loose barIc off time trunks
of the trees and whitewash them.
This will at least make It easy to find .
the loners , and the whitewash will ' .
perhaps prevent to some extent the i
entrance of horers. . 1
Set the end fence post so firmly J - ; \ .
tIlllt It will not need resetting at any
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